2021 — Ashleigh Barty def. Karolina Pliskova, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3.
2019 — Simona Halep def. Serena Williams, 6-2, 6-2.
2018 — Angelique Kerber def. Serena Williams 6-3, 6-3.
2017 — Garbine Muguruza def. Venus Williams, 7-5, 6-0.
2016 — Serena Williams def. Angelique Kerber, 7-5, 6-3.
2015 — Serena Williams def. Garbine Muguruza, 6-4, 6-4.
2014 — Petra Kvitova def. Eugenie Bouchard, 6-3, 6-0.
2013 — Marion Bartoli def. Sabine Lisicki, 6-1, 6-4.
2012 — Serena Williams def. Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2.
2011 — Petra Kvitova def. Maria Sharapova, 6-3, 6-4.
2010 — Serena Williams def. Vera Zvonareva, 6-3, 6-2.
2009 — Serena Williams def. Venus Williams, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
2008 — Venus Williams def. Serena Williams, 7-5, 6-4.
2007 — Venus Williams def. Marion Bartoli, 6-4, 6-1.
2006 — Amelie Mauresmo def. Justine Henin-Hardenne, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
2005 — Venus Williams def. Lindsay Davenport, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 9-7.
2004 — Maria Sharapova def. Serena Williams, 6-1, 6-4.
2003 — Serena Williams def. Venus Williams, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
2002 — Serena Williams def. Venus Williams, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
2001 — Venus Williams def. Justine Henin, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0.
2000 — Venus Williams def. Lindsay Davenport, 6-3, 7-6 (3).
1999 — Lindsay Davenport def. Steffi Graf, 6-4, 7-5.
1998 — Jana Novotna def. Nathalie Tauziat, 6-4, 7-6 (2).
1997 — Martina Hingis def. Jana Novotna, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
1996 — Steffi Graf def. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, 6-3, 7-5.
1995 — Steffi Graf def. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5.
1994 — Conchita Martinez def. Martina Navratilova, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
1993 — Steffi Graf def. Jana Novotna, 7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-4.
1992 — Steffi Graf def. Monica Seles, 6-2, 6-1.
1991 — Steffi Graf def. Gabriela Sabatini, 6-4, 3-6, 8-6.
1990 — Martina Navratilova def. Zina Garrison, 6-4, 6-1.
1989 — Steffi Graf def. Martina Navratilova, 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-1.
1988 — Steffi Graf def. Martina Navratilova, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1.
1987 — Martina Navratilova def. Steffi Graf, 7-5, 6-3.
1986 — Martina Navratilova def. Hana Mandlikova, 7-6 (1), 6-3.
1985 — Martina Navratilova def. Chris Evert Lloyd, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
1984 — Martina Navratilova def. Chris Evert Lloyd, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
1983 — Martina Navratilova def. Andrea Jaeger, 6-0, 6-3.
1982 — Martina Navratilova def. Chris Evert Lloyd, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.
1981 — Chris Evert Lloyd def. Hana Mandlikova, 6-2, 6-2.
1980 — Evonne Goolagong Cawley def. Chris Evert Lloyd, 6-1, 7-6 (4).
1979 — Martina Navratilova def. Chris Evert Lloyd, 6-4, 6-4.
1978 — Martina Navratilova def. Chris Evert, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5.
1977 — Virginia Wade def. Betty Stove, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
1976 — Chris Evert def. Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 6-3, 4-6, 8-6.
1975 — Billie Jean King def. Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 6-0, 6-1.
1974 — Chris Evert def. Olga Morozova, 6-0, 6-4.
1973 — Billie Jean King def. Chris Evert, 6-0, 7-5.
1972 — Billie Jean King def. Evonne Goolagong, 6-3, 6-3.
1971 — Evonne Goolagong def. Margaret Smith Court, 6-4, 6-1.
1970 — Margaret Court def. Billie Jean King, 14-12, 11-9.
1969 — Ann Haydon Jones def. Billie Jean King, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
1968 — Billie Jean King def. Judy Tegart, 9-7, 7-5.
1967 — Billie Jean King def. Ann Haydon Jones, 6-3, 6-4.
1966 — Billie Jean King def. Maria Bueno, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
1965 — Margaret Smith def. Maria Bueno, 6-4, 7-5.
1964 — Maria Bueno def. Margaret Smith, 6-4, 7-9, 6-3.
1963 — Margaret Smith def. Billie Jean Moffitt, 6-3, 6-4.
1962 — Karen Hantze Susman def. Vera Sukova, 6-4, 6-4.
1961 — Angela Mortimer def. Christine Truman, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.
1960 — Maria Bueno def. Sandra Reynolds, 8-6, 6-0.
1959 — Maria Bueno def. Darlene Hard, 6-4, 6-3.
1958 — Althea Gibson def. Angela Mortimer, 8-6, 6-2.
1957 — Althea Gibson def. Darlene Hard, 6-3, 6-2.
1956 — Shirley Fry def. Angela Buxton, 6-3, 6-1.
1955 — Louise Brough def. Beverly Baker Fleitz, 7-5, 8-6.
1954 — Maureen Connolly def. Louise Brough, 6-2, 7-5.
1953 — Maureen Connolly def. Doris Hart, 8-6, 7-5.
1952 — Maureen Connolly def. Louise Brough, 7-5, 6-3.
1951 — Doris Hart def. Shirley Fry, 6-1, 6-0.
1950 — Louise Brough def. Margaret Osborne duPont, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.
1949 — Louise Brough def. Margaret Osborne duPont, 10-8, 1-6, 10-8.
1948 — Louise Brough def. Doris Hart, 6-3, 8-6.
1947 — Margaret Osborne def. Doris Hart, 6-2, 6-4.
1946 — Pauline Betz def. Louise Brough, 6-2, 6-4.
1940-45 — No tournament, World War II
1939 — Alice Marble def. Kay Stammers, 6-2, 6-0.
1938 — Helen Wills Moody def. Helen Jacobs, 6-4, 6-0.
1937 — Dorothy Round def. Jadwiga Jedrzejowska, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5.
1936 — Helen Jacobs def. Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.
1935 — Helen Wills Moody def. Helen Jacobs, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
1934 — Dorothy Round def. Helen Jacobs, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.
1933 — Helen Wills Moody def. Dorothy Round, 6-4, 6-8, 6-3.
1932 — Helen Wills Moody def. Helen Jacobs, 6-3, 6-1.
1931 — Cilly Aussen def. Hilde Krahwinkel, 6-2, 7-5.
1930 — Helen Wills Moody def. Elizabeth Ryan, 6-2, 6-2.
1929 — Helen Wills def. Helen Jacobs, 6-1, 6-2.
1928 — Helen Wills def. Lili de Alvarez, 6-2, 6-3.
1927 — Helen Wills def. Lili de Alvarez, 6-2, 6-4.
1926 — Kitty McKane Godfree def. Lili de Alvarez, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
1925 — Suzanne Lenglen def. Joan Fry, 6-2, 6-0.
1924 — Kitty McKane def. Helen Wills, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
1923 — Suzanne Lenglen def. Kitty McKane, 6-2, 6-2.
1922 — Suzanne Lenglen def. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, 6-2, 6-0.
1921 — Suzanne Lenglen def. Elizabeth Ryan, 6-2, 6-0.
1920 — Suzanne Lenglen def. Dorothea Douglass Chambers, 6-3, 6-0.
1919 — Suzanne Lenglen def. Dorothea Douglass Chambers, 10-8, 4-6, 9-7.
1915-18 — No tournament, World War I
1914 — Dorothea Douglass Chambers def. Ethel Thomson Larcombe, 7-5, 6-4.
1913 — Dorothea Douglass Chambers def. Winifred Slocock McNair, 6-0, 6-4.
1912 — Ethel Thomson Larcombe def. Charlotte Cooper Sterry, 6-3, 6-1.
1911 — Dorothea Douglass Chambers def. Dora Boothby, 6-0, 6-0.
1910 — Dorothea Douglass Chambers def. Dora Boothby, 6-2, 6-2.
1909 — Dora Boothby def. Agnes Morton, 6-4, 4-6, 8-6.
1908 — Charlotte Cooper Sterry def. Agnes Morton, 6-4, 6-4.
1907 — May Sutton def. Dorothea Douglass Chambers, 6-1, 6-4.
1906 — Dorothea Douglass def. May Sutton, 6-3, 9-7.
1905 — May Sutton def. Dorothea Douglass, 6-3, 6-4.
1904 — Dorothea Douglass def. Charlotte Cooper Sterry, 6-0, 6-3.
1903 — Dorothea Douglass def. Ethel Thomson, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
1902 — Muriel Robb def. Charlotte Cooper Sterry, 7-5, 6-1.
1901 — Charlotte Cooper Sterry def. Blanche Bingley Hillyard, 6-2, 6-2.
1900 — Blanche Bingley Hillyard def. Charlotte Cooper, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
1899 — Blanche Bingley Hillyard def. Charlotte Cooper, 6-2, 6-3.
1898 — Charlotte Cooper def. Louise Martin, 6-4, 6-4.
1897 — Blanche Bingley Hillyard def. Charlotte Cooper, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2.
1896 — Charlotte Cooper def. Alice Simpson Pickering, 6-2, 6-3.
1895 — Charlotte Cooper def. Helen Jackson, 7-5, 8-6.
1894 — Blanche Bingley Hillyard def. Edith Austin, 6-1, 6-1.
1893 — Lottie Dod def. Blanche Bingley Hillyard, 6-8, 6-1, 6-4.
1892 — Lottie Dod def. Blanche Bingley Hillyard, 6-1, 6-1.
1891 — Lottie Dod def. Blanche Bingley Hillyard, 6-2, 6-1.
1890 — Helena Rice def. M. Jacks, 6-4, 6-1.
1889 — Blanche Bingley Hillyard def. Helena Rice, 4-6, 8-6, 6-4.
1888 — Lottie Dod def. Blanche Bingley Hillyard, 6-3, 6-3.
1887 — Lottie Dod def. Blanche Bingley Hillyard, 6-2, 6-0.
1886 — Blanche Bingley def. Maud Watson, 6-3, 6-3.
1885 — Maud Watson def. Blanche Bingley, 6-1, 7-5.
1884 — Maud Watson def. Lillian Watson, 6-8, 6-3, 6-3.
From 1885 through 1921, a challenge round format was in effect. In the challenge round system, the defending champion played only one match against the winner of an all-comers tournament. When the champion didn’t defend, the previous all-comers winner acted as defending “champion.”
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